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...work on ISP security including deep packet inspection, doing things like [[botnet]] tracing. From the stories of the AT&T tap and general knowledge of the te

...achines. The "owned" machines are "zombies" and the network of them is a [[botnet]] (i.e., "robot network"). Botnets are now a business; spammers rent time o

...te will be unaware that it is being used in this fashion. Then, using a [[botnet]] or other similar means, the perpetrators will send a carefully constructe

...here are millions of these zombies on the Internet, organized into huge "[[Botnet|botnets]]" controlled by hidden "botmasters". The most common defense is t

...rnment, criminal, ... — have enough computing power for this. Some [[botnet]]s (collections of compromised machines taken over for nefarious purposes)

...tions of malicious hackers. On occasion, especially when the attack uses a botnet,<ref name=Kristoff-2004>{{cite conference